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Basic abbreviations: att'd=attested, OE=Old English, NHG=New High German, Du.=Dutch

For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see Forshortenings.

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English	Word Class	Anglish
English	Word Class	Attested	Not attested
wager	vb	stake	back
wagon (Dutch)	n	wain	-
walrus	n	-	seawhale
war (Germanic)	n	-	wye (<OE wig) winlock (<gewinnan+làc) hild, unfrith
warrior	n	fighter	wyeman (<OE wigman) rink wyebern (<OE beornwig) hildman harman (<OE hera, army) dring (<OE dring, youth warrior)
waste¹	n	loss, wear and tear	unthriftiness
waste²	n	wilderness heath wild	untamed land
waste	n	chaff, dross, offal wear and tear	-
wasteland	n	barren, dryland, heath, no-man's-land	-
watch cap	n	beanie	knit hat, woolly hat
watermelon	n	-	sweetmarrow
wait	vb	bide, holdback	-
waive	vb	yield, forsake, forgo	-
wet nurese	n	suckster (cf Du. zoogster)	-
whiskers	n	beard, chin-hair	wongbeard
whiskey	n	-	lifewater
woodpecker	n	-	hickle (<OE hicel, hicol)
woolstapler	n	-	woolseller
wreckage	n	wreck	-y n

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